Firefighters work to extinguish a fire in Guadalix de la Sierra

Eight fire crews from the Community of Madrid are working this morning to extinguish a fire that affects some 8,000 square meters of extension with

that reach seven meters in height

in the Madrid municipality of Guadalix de la Sierra , at the height of km.

17 of the M-625.

Emergencies of the Community of Madrid reports through Twitter that firefighters are trying to confine the fire so

that borders a forest area.

The fire has not caused injuries or intoxications, but in prevention, a team from SUMMA112, Civil Guard and Civil Protection of the town are in the area.

The supervising chief of Firefighters of the Community of Madrid Rufino Ruiz explains that it is an area with a large accumulation of pruning and wood debris, and that when the emergencies arrived,

The firefighters have perimeter the fire

so that it does not jump into the forest and stubble environment, and they watch so that all the combustible material is consumed without it spreading and they calculate that it will go out in two or three days.

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